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Duplessis was a historical television series in Quebec, Canada, that aired in 1978. It tells the story of Maurice Duplessis, the controversial premier of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959. It is one of the most famous mini-series in Quebec television history. The series was written (but not directed) by Oscar-winning film director Denys Arcand, and based in large part on Conrad Black's popular biography. The series contains 7 episodes, each one containing a different historic moment in Duplessis's life and path into power. Duplessis is portrayed by Jean Lapointe. It is distributed by Radio-Canada and is available on DVD.
Duplessis may refer to:
- Duplessis, a historical television series in Québec that aired in 1978
- Georges Duplessis, French art historian
- Jerry Duplessis, composer and record producer
- Joseph Duplessis, French painter
- Lucile Duplessis, French Revolutionary figure, wife of Camille Desmoulins
- Marie Duplessis, a French courtesan and mistress
- Maurice Duplessis (1890-1959), premier of Québec in the mid twentieth century
- Rachel Blau DuPlessis (b. 1941), American poet and editor of George Oppen's Selected Letters
- José María Imbert Duplessis (1798–1847), French-born Dominican Republic independence war commandant and national hero.
- The Duplessis Orphans scandal
- Duplessis (provincial electoral district), provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada
- Duplessis, Louisiana, an unincorporated community in the United States
Duplessis is a provincial electoral district in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes the city of Sept-Îles, Fermont and Schefferville. It also includes a single municipality from the Nord-du-Québec region: the Naskapi village municipality of Kawawachikamach (not to be confused with the Naskapi reserved land of the same name, which Duplessis also includes, but is in Côte-Nord).
It was created for the 1960 election from parts of the Saguenay provincial electoral district.
In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it gained the unorganized territories of Caniapiscau and Lac-Juillet from Ungava electoral district.
The riding was named after former Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis who led the province from 1936 to 1939 and from 1944 to 1959 as leader of the Union Nationale.